THE NORTHERN STAR COMMUNITY ARTS

Registered charity 1097090 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Company is established for charitable purposes only and engage the whole community in the promotion of the arts by the establishing and management of arts activities. The promotion of the arts by promoting and developing community events and performances to facilitate participation in the arts. The advancement of education by the provision of training to develop skills in the arts.

Objects

THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES ONLY AND THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY ARE TO BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY OF CHELMSLEY WOOD BY THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND FACILITIES IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH:(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING TO DEVELOP SKILLS IN THE ARTS;(B) THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS BY THE ESTABLISHING AND MANAGEMENT OF ARTS ACTIVITIES;(C) THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS BY PROMOTING AND DEVELOPING COMMUNITY EVENTS AND PERFORMANCES TO FACILITATE PARTICIPATION IN THE ARTS; AND(D) THE PROMOTION OF THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, TO IMPROVE THE PHYSICAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION AND FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DECIDE.THE MAIN AREA OF BENEFIT IS CHELMSLEY WOOD AND THE NORTHERN PART OF THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SOLIHULL.

Area of benefit: CHELMSLEY WOOD AND THE NORTHERN PART OF THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SOLIHULL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Solihull, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with total net assets of £18,534, comprising £14,214 in unrestricted funds and £4,320 in restricted funds, following a net movement in funds of £18,534. The trustees confirmed that the company was entitled to exemption from audit and that the accounts were prepared on a going concern basis without material uncertainty.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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Policies the charity declares

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• KRIS CHASE-BYRNEchair
• Ashleigh Louise Houghton
• Catherine McNicholl
• Emma Chidler
• Kelvin Martin Mcardle
• MAXINE ELIZABETH Williams
• Rev Robert Nicolas Parker

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Solihull

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE NORTHSTAR FOUNDATION.

• THE NORTHSTAR FOUNDATION income £46k
• THE COMPANY PRESENTS LIMITED income £36k
• EAST STREET ARTS income £1.3m
• THE ARTS SOCIETY, EAST GRINSTEAD (TASEG) income £44k
• ARTS AND CRAFTS COMMUNITY CENTRE income £40k
• NORTHERN DANCE income £87k

Side by side with its peers

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